On 8 March 2023, the UK government introduced the Data Protection and Digital Information (No 2) Bill. The Bill (which passed its second reading in the House of Commons on 17 April) is an amended version of the bill that was originally introduced in July 2022. Hailed by the Government as ‘modern laws for a…
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The Advocate General has issued his opinion in the case of Case C-340/21 | Natsionalna agentsia za prihodite. In 2019, there was unauthorised access to the information system of the Bulgarian National Revenue Agency (NAP) and that various items of tax and social security information regarding millions of people had been published on the internet….
UK law Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Act 2022 (Commencement No 2) Regulations 2023 SI 2023/469 made The Regulations have been made to bring into force certain provisions in the Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Act 2022. They are the second commencement regulations made under the Act. Regulation 2 brings into force on 26th April…
The TV turns on, without prompt, and switches to the news. The company you are working for has decided to implement a new AI system, rendering your role and the roles of many of your colleagues redundant. You ask your virtual assistant to bring up your social media and attempt to post your distaste at…
The Court of Appeal has issued its ruling in Adaptive Spectrum and Signal Alignment Inc v British Telecommunications plc [2023] EWCA Civ 451. The case concerned a contract between Adaptive Spectrum and Signal Alignment Inc (ASSIA) and British Telecommunications plc (BT) to settle several international patent disputes concerning home broadband internet connection technology. Amongst other…
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Microsoft entered into a $68.7 billion deal to buy Activision, a video games publishers, in January 2022. The CMA launched an in-depth review of the deal in September 2022, and in February 2023 provisionally found that the merger could make Microsoft grow str4onger in cloud gaming, stifling competition in a growing market. In an update…
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The long-awaited Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill has received its first reading in the House of Commons. The publication of the Bill follows the UK government’s responses to the “reforming competition and consumer policy” and “a new pro-competition regime for digital markets” consultations. It has three key areas of focus: Consumer protection The consumer…
The Council has adopted the General Product Safety Regulation, which will reinforce the safety rules for products sold both offline and online. The Regulation aims to strengthen market surveillance for unsafe products and consumer rights for anyone who has been sold an unsafe product. The 2001 Directive on general product safety required consumer products placed…
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Last month, the UK government published its draft Media Bill, which would broaden how broadcasters can meet their public service obligations and bring some platforms under strict regulatory control. The DCMS Committee is now carrying out pre-legislative scrutiny and is inviting submissions with a particular focus on the following points. Public Service Broadcasting Should the…
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UK law Committee calls for evidence about Data Protection and Digital Information (No.2) Bill A House of Commons Public Bill Committee is going to consider the Data Protection and Digital Information Bill and has now issued a call for evidence. The Public Bill Committee will scrutinise the Bill line by line. The first sitting of…